


“Better even than we expected” – Chivalry by Colleen Doran and Neil Gaiman

“Offers questions as well as answers” – Everybody Hertz by Richard Mainwaring

“HDM flash fictions” – The Imagination Chamber by Philip Pullman

“Two parts Haruki Murakami and two parts Banana Yoshimoto” – The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki

“We liked it a whole lot” – Here Goes Nothing by Steve Toltz

“If you like Ann Patchett or Rónán Hession, you’ll love this one” – Ruth & Pen by Emilie Pine

“Transformational, elliptical and animated” – Big Snake, Little Snake DBC Pierre

“Goes from strength to strength” – The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

“You won’t read anything else like this in 2022” – Liarmouth by John Waters

“More statement than soap opera” – Are You Enjoying? by Mira Sethi

“Doesn’t outstay its welcome” – Reward System by Jem Calder

“One for aficionados of historical fiction” – The Black Drop by Leonora Nattrass

“A compelling mystery” – Before the Ruins by Victoria Gosling

“A thriller that failed to thrill” – A Narrow Door by Joanne Harris

“Pigs at the trough” – Chums by Simon Kuper

“A book you can read for the writing alone” – Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks

“There are chuckles here” – Pure Gold by John Patrick McHugh

“Very, very readable” – The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye

“A holiday in bookform” – Barcelona Dreaming by Rupert Thomson

“Immediately recognisable” – My Phantoms by Gwendoline Riley

“An audacious balancing act” – The Trees by Percival Everett

“Unflinching yet lyrical” – This World Does Not Belong to Us by Natalia Garcia Freire

“Bridging a divide” – The Night Always Comes by Willy Vlautin

“Immensely powerful” – The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

“Extremely acute” – Assembly by Natasha Brown #GoldsmithsPrize2021

“Smart, beautiful and very entertaining” – The Candy House by Jennifer Egan

“Utilises its multiple perspectives to great effect” – China Room by Sunjeev Sahota #bookerprize

“We liked it” – Days of Sand by Aimee de Jongh (trans. Christopher Bradley)
